Emily Henry hits it out of the ballpark! Funny Story is joyful, funny, and full of wonderful characters–some you’ll love and few you’ll loathe. This is her best book yet. Readers new and old to Henry will love this one. When the story begins, Daphne’s fiancé, Peter doesn’t come home from his bachelor party until…
Narrated by Gary Furlong Pinot & Pineapple Lumps, book four in Jay Hogan’s Southern Lights series, is an heartfelt age-gap romance that tackles some difficult issues in a sensitive but realistic way. It could be listened to as a standalone, but I wouldn’t recommend it; you’ll have a much better idea of the complicated relationship…
Jasmine Guillory has been called, “The Queen of the Modern Day Romance” (Vogue) and I would agree that she’s more than earned that title. Drunk on Love, her latest novel, takes us to Napa Valley, where a winery owner and her tech-savvy employee find amor amid the vines. Margot Noble and her brother Elliot always…
Bend Toward the Sun is Jen Devon’s debut work, but it has the feel of an experienced author writing an ongoing series. While focused on one central couple, the network of relationships and other couples is well developed and seems ripe for more books to come. Which would definitely be a good thing! Harrison Brady…
Earlier this year, I reviewed Sarina Bowen’s Roommate, which was the starting point for the new multi-authored True North World series, which comprises four mini-series of books set within the world created by Ms. Bowen in her True North stories. The Vino and Veritas novels are LGBTQ+ romances – mostly m/m but there are a…
I gave Tawna Fenske’s 2011 Making Waves a B at AAR. Somehow, Ms. Fenske fell off my radar until I saw this on the review list, for which I’m grateful. The hero and heroine are fully developed with an interesting shared backstory. I found this an enjoyable read, and if not for a few annoying…
This book sounded trite: A recently dumped heroine lands a dream job in Rome and meets a gorgeous Italian Count. Fortunately, trite is the last thing it proved to be. While it started off light and pleasant, by the end I realize just how textured and deep the characters are, and how lovely the story…
Sometimes we love books because they push the envelope and stretch the boundaries of our imagination, taking us places we would never think of going on our own. Just as often, though, readers fall in love with books because they are “comfort reads,” taking a familiar formula and telling the story in a fresh voice….
The Seductive One is an aptly named book. It has more than its share of hackneyed moments and plot devices, yet it casts such a spell with its sweet characters and compelling character drama that the clichés are easy to overlook. Brenna Marcelli and Nicholas Giovanni once shared a forbidden love, forbidden because of the…
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